Luxury Croatia Travel Review: Split, Hvar, Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Island Lokrum, Istria Wine Tour, Brjuni National Park

Firstly Croatia is one of the most beautiful countries I have ever visited.  The people are friendly.  The food is delicious and the wine is fantastic.  Hotels staff (other than Plitvice Lakes hotel) were helpful and attentive.  Our agent at this Croatia travel company was a great help.  She was always available by phone or email.  We talked by phone the week before the departure in order to answer my questions.  All hotels were excellent except one in Plitvice Lakes which was 3 star and apparently there is nothing better in Plitvice Lakes.  I researched restaurants on my own prior to my departure and our agent made reservations for us.  We left some jackets behind in a hotel closet and our agent arranged to have them shipped by the hotel to our hotel we would be at in 3 days.  Unfortunately that hotel sent them back as they arrived before us.  BUT our agent took care of making sure they were shipped home.

My citicisms are the cars we had were tiny economy cars.  I was booked into 5 start hotels but had 2 star cars booked for me.  I did not ask about the cars but would have liked to have been asked what type of car.  I would have been happy to pay for a better car to enjoy the drive through the mountains and along the coast.  One final criticism was in the city of Split we were drive to Spit  drop the car at the rental agency on a Sunday morning  and then have a tour for the day before taking a ferry at 6:00 pm to the island Hvar.  It was only two days prior when I realized that we would be stuck with our luggage for the day.  I called our agent for help in luggage storage and she had not fore seen this issue and told me I could leave it perhaps at the rental agency.  Well they close at noon on a Sunday.  There are many places where you can store luggage in Split including the bus station.  BUT I had to search this out myself on the internet, in a panic since our agent did not help nor did she think this was a problem.  This should have been part of the itinerary instructions.

All in all a great vacation.  I was booked to see all the highlights of Croatia and this is what I wanted.

Delani K